The beginning is always the hardest. You want the way you start something to set the tone for whatever comes next. We're told we need to grab attention from the get-go, we need to catch attention, hold interest, and wow them from the first. We're trained on elevator speeches; we should be able to say everything that's important in no more than 15 seconds.
To that I say: high expectations, sir, are often paired with disappointment. But whatever, right? Who cares? For most bloggers, of whom an overwhelming majority are amateur writers (including myself), we are our own greatest critics. We may have very high standards for ourselves, individually, but there is no standard globally. As a people, as a species, we shall express ourselves as we will, always have and always will.
